Primary Job Title Founder Primary Organization 
Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy
Location Houston, Texas, United States Regions Greater Houston Area, Southern US Gender Male
James Baker, former secretary of state under George H.W. Bush and secretary of the treasury under Ronald Reagan, is a partner in the law firm of Baker Botts, LLP. He maintains offices in Washington, DC, and Houston, TX.
Long active in national politics, James A. Baker, III, led presidential campaigns for Presidents Ford, Reagan, and Bush and
served in senior government positions under three presidents, beginning in 1975 as President Gerald Ford's under secretary of commerce. Baker was elected a trustee of HHMI in 1996.
